Plow.



T. & J. KONDRAS.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. H, 1914.

1,1 58,936, Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

T MAS v QD B AND QZE K N A- 9? IRO RIVER, MlQH GAN- PLOW.

Application filed November 11,191}

To all 10 2mm it may concern Be it 7 known that we, (1) THOMAS KoNDRAs and .(2) Joznr KONDRAS, (1) a citizen of the United States and (2) subject of the Emperor of Russia, residing at Iron River, in the county of Iron and State of Michigan, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new, and useful improvements in plows.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a plow having an adjustable draft appliance shiftable by the operator from a point adjacent the operating handles of the plow.

A further object is the provision of a draft rod of a plow provided with vertical adjusting means operable from a point near the handles of the plow while the said rod is also laterally shiftable and adapted to be secured in position by a locking pin or bolt.

'A still further object is to provide a flexible draft appliance for a plow adapt edfor attaching a wifile-tree or other connector of the motive power thereto, the same being provided with both vertical and laterally adjusting means for changing the connecting end of the draft appliance at will.

\Vith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow provided with the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the Fig. 3 is a top elevation thereof, and Fig. 4: is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through the front end of the plow.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the plow 10 illustrated is of substantially the usual form and is provided with a forwardly projecting beam 11, and rearwardly projecting handles 12 which have a connecting brace rod 13. A forward end of the beam 11 has a draft rod 14 in the form of a mashed link connected thereto by means of a Specification 0f Letters-Patent.

clevis 14: and a short link 15, while a wifile-treehook 1 6 is swingingly attached to the forward end of the draft rod. A bracket 17 is adjustably mounted at the forward end of ,the plow beam 11 by means of a rod 18 secured-to the bracket and slidably mounted within a sleeve 19 attached to the forward end of the beam and thus positioning the rod 18 transversely of the beam and at the forward end thereof. The sleeve 19 has a vertical opening therethrough adapted for the reception of a pin or locking bolt 20 which also projects through the desired one of the openings 21 vertically positioned through the said rod 18.

The bracket 17 has a rod 22 vertically slidable therethrough which rod is provided with perforations 23 adapted to receive teeth 24 of a wheel member 25 which is secured to a rod 26 being journaled in the bracket 17. The rear end of the rod 26 is journaled through a plate 27 centrally mounted upon the brace rod 13, while a wheel 28 is attached to the rear free end of the rod 26 and is adjacently positioned to the plow handles 12 whereby the rod 26 may be revolved and by means of the engagementof the wheel 25 with the rod 22, the said rod is vertically moved as may be found desirable. An eye 29 is secured to the lower end of the rod 23 and the draft rod 14 freely projects therethrough,

From this detailed description of the device, the complete operation thereof will be at once apparent. The wiffle-tree hook of the draft rod is vertically adjustable whenever desired by means of the turn wheel 28 positioned near the plow handles so that during the operation of plowing the wifile tree connection may be lowered or raised at will for more perfectly placing the draft power in its best operative position. When desired also to change the side draft of the motor plow, the rod 18 of the carrying bracket 17 is readily shiftable in the manner heretofore set forth.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be the preferred embodiments thereof, it

" is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claim.

What we claim as new is In a plow, a beam, a substantially U- first member, asubstantially vertical sleeve carried by' the secondmember and having bearings formed therein, ashaft' extend-- ing rearwardly through said, bearings and provided with an operating wheel at its rearward I end, a spur gear provided with pin teeth fixed on said shaft between said vbearings,'arod' slidable through the second; member in a substantially vertical direction and provided with p d Openings tor ceive said pin teeth and engag d byysaid Copiesof this patent may be obtained foi five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'latents;I

teeth, a loop on the lower end of said rod, a'linkslidable and rotatable inisa id loop,

a cleviSczirriedby the for-ward end'of said 1 link, a U-shaped link pivoted .to said beam and a third link connecting the U-shaped link and the'first-mentioned link and have ing its ends, twisted at right-angles to each other." w I In testimony natures in presence of two :witnesses.

THOMAS ,KoNDB- s] JOZEF KONDRAS. V

WVitnesses: V v V FRANK MUNABETH, GAR oBELL N.

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